So That's a No, Then / Ichinose Wants to Be Watched

Ryuen chuckled sinisterly, "Heh, you think I'd agree to a contract that has absolutely no binding force?"

He won't interfere with the remaining exams in any way? Who can guarantee that Class B and Aoyama will comply? No matter how severe the punishment, he can't monitor Aoyama and Class B 24/7.

A simple sentence, a note dropped unintentionally, could lead one of the remaining three classes to victory.

Just because Class B's Class Points didn't increase at all doesn't prove that Class B didn't interfere with the subsequent exams.

" Among Class B, only Ichinose and his two companions who were present knew about the VIP policy, and Class B had collected all students' cell phones before 8:00 AM."

"Apart from Ichinose two, the other students in Class B will not pose a threat to the later exams."

Aoyama stroked his chin. "Besides me, Kamuro and Yamamura also know about the VIP rules. I can vouch for these people with my reputation. If they break the contract, I'll join Class C and become your underling."

"Since the start of the semester, I should have built up some credibility, right?"

"Furthermore, you have no choice but to trust me; otherwise, I guarantee you will get nothing in this Special Exam."

In just a moment, Aoyama was able to bring the Special Exam for all eleven groups to a close.

He had people in two of the three groups that the VIP in Class B belonged to.

Chapter 142 So you don't want it?

"Class D agrees with Aoyama's proposal."

After only a moment's thought, Horikita Suzune made the decision that was most advantageous for Class D.

Gaining around ten million points for Class B is not unacceptable for Class D, and it also avoids the loss of a full one hundred and fifty Class Points.

They only added 130 yuan in total when they Uninhabited Island, and it was too frustrating that it was gone before they even had a chance to enjoy it.

"Sakayanagi, don't be willful." Seeing Sakayanagi still glaring at Aoyama through gritted teeth, Katsuragi had no choice but to remind him, fearing that Sakayanagi might suddenly lose his temper and go against Aoyama regardless of the class.

The power of life and death over this Special Exam is already firmly in Aoyama's grasp.

Sakayanagi suppressed his anger, "Then how can you guarantee that Ryuen won't mess things up, only to find out on the last day that it will actually happen?"

On the last day of the exam, there was a vacuum period during which all three classes could not contact each other. Any of the three classes had the ability to betray, and there was no evidence to prove which class had betrayed them.

Aoyama smiled. "It's simple. Just provide something of sufficient value as collateral. For Class C, I'll only accept Shiina as collateral; for Class D, Suzune; and for Class A, Katsuragi."

"If Class C commits an act of betrayal, Shiina will strip herself of her status as Class C student, waiting for me or Class B to buy her up and take her into their possession, and then assist the class or me."

"If I could, I'd actually hope Ryuen would betray us."

He felt it was all worth it to have Shiina by his side, even though he had failed the Special Exam.

"You're dreaming," Ryuen bluntly shattered Aoyama's fantasy. "You think you can change your Shiina with just 150 Class Points?"

Aoyama looked at Ryuen with a serious expression. "If it's a direct exchange, 150 points won't do, 600 points will do, as long as Shiina agrees."

The group with the VIP in Class C can easily get 150 points by spending money on them. Adding the 50 points from the other nine groups, that's 600 Class Points, enough for Class C to be promoted to Class A.

"No, Aoyama."

Stepping out from behind Aoyama, Shiina gently made an X with her fingers, a very gentle smile on her cute face.

Then she looked at Ryuen, who was deep in thought, and said, "On behalf of Class C, I agree to Aoyama's conditions. Is that alright, Ryuen?"

"Well, whatever you like."

No longer debating whether selling Shiina was worthwhile, Ryuen began to consider what to do next for Class C.

Class B was eliminated in an unconventional way, leaving Class C with no choice but to focus their efforts on Classes Class A and Class D.

"What about Suzune? Does she have any objections?"

Horikita Suzune frowned. "Okay, but only if you don't do anything malicious."

"That's no problem. If you're holding a grudge, there's no point in you coming."

Aoyama readily answered Horikita, Aoyama looked at Katsuragi. He closed his eyes to ponder for a moment, but Katsuragi quickly opened his eyes and nodded.

Since Aoyama trusts their reputation so much, they have no reason to refuse.

"Okay, I'll find a teacher right now."

"I haven't agreed yet!"

Sakayanagi's slightly angry voice interrupted Aoyama, who was halfway through speaking.

She could accept the result, but she couldn't accept Aoyama ignoring her. Moreover, the guarantor for Class A was Katsuragi, not her. She wondered if Aoyama was deliberately trying to annoy her.

"If you lose, just accept it cleanly, stop being so wishy-washy, okay?" Aoyama sighed. "The team that can least oppose me here is Class A."

If it weren't for the fact that the first result required the cooperation of Class A, he would have already suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Sakayanagi.

The entire group's success requires the cooperation of over a hundred students across the entire grade, without any selfish motives, to accomplish this feat, and it might even incur the school's ruthless crackdown.

Therefore, Aoyama only needs the three groups to get the top result.

With only 150 Class Points for three groups, the benefits are neither too big nor too small to tempt people to take risks.

A class only needs to manage nine to eleven students; if any unexpected problems arise, it's the class leader's responsibility.

Aoyama wouldn't use nearly 500 Class Points to gamble that Ryuen or Sakayanagi wouldn't betray him. Even if he were willing, Horikita and Ichinose wouldn't follow, because the risk was simply too great.

Even if Ryuen and Sakayanagi don't cause trouble, can they completely control the students in their class?

"I'm the leader of Class A, so I'll be the guarantor." Speechless for a moment, Sakayanagi hurriedly made up an excuse.

Aoyama looked at Ichinose with annoyance, "Ichinose's Sakayanagi, do you want Ichinose?"

"It's all up to Aoyama -kun to decide."

With a gentle smile, Ichinose passed the buck back to Aoyama, thinking that if Aoyama didn't choose Sakayanagi, there must be a reason.

A direct refusal would be too hurtful, so she assigned Aoyama to be the bad guy.

This is punishment for Aoyama's unserious behavior after the exam began.

"Then that means we don't want it. Let's leave it at that."

After shooing the dark-faced Sakayanagi back to his seat, Aoyama called over Hoshinomiya, the homeroom teacher of Class B. After about ten minutes of dawdling, Aoyama's suggestion was written into a contract.

The leaders of Classes ABCD must announce the existence of this agreement to their students immediately after the exam.

As for how to appease the students who are envious of Class B's huge profits, that's a matter for the leaders of the other three classes to handle themselves.

"You can try to probe each other on your own. We're going to play cards."

After putting away the signed contract, Aoyama casually flipped his right palm, and a deck of cards appeared in his hand.

On the day he drew the Card Throwing skill, he always carried playing cards with him.

With wide eyes, Amikura walked straight to Aoyama's side, "Where did you come from? How did you appear so quickly?"

Her gaze had just been fixed on Aoyama, but she couldn't figure out how that deck of cards had appeared.

Who knows?

Satisfied with the response from the Amikura, Aoyama smiled and flicked his right hand, spreading the playing cards in a circle around his palm.

Seeing the purple ponytail sway in surprise again, he quickly pulled it back up, and the playing cards were neatly stacked in his palm without falling out.

His movements were fluid and graceful, simply stunning.

"It seems like Aoyama- kun can do everything, he's really amazing," Ichinose.

"I know a little bit."

With a not-so-modest smile, Aoyama helped move a chair to the side of the room, away from the eight people in the center who were wary of each other and sizing each other up.

These people left with a quarter of the meat, which will further intensify the competition among Class ACD.

It's foreseeable that Class ACD won't end up with two classes teaming up to share the remaining class, because whether it's Sakayanagi, Ryuen, or even Horikita Suzune, they all have huge appetites.

There's only so much meat left; if someone takes an extra bite, the others will have less.

"What should we play, Aoyama -kun?"

After moving a stool to use as a table, Ichinose immediately sat down in the chair opposite Aoyama.

From this vantage point, she could openly and legitimately gaze at the Aoyama.

You can't say that looking straight ahead is wrong.

Chapter 143 Ichinose Wants to Be Watched

"I'm fine with anything, I can win no matter what I play."

"Oh, quite the big talker." Amikura's face hardened with fighting spirit at Aoyama's words.

What she loves most about the Amikura is saying no to arrogant people. She's determined to win the game and show Aoyama who's got the upper hand.

"If there are four of us, let's play Old Maid."

As the two were locked in a 'tit-for-tat' exchange, Ichinose took the playing cards from Aoyama's hand, revealing a gentle smile while secretly feeling a little smug.

If they were playing the Old Maid game, once she started drawing the last card from Aoyama would have no choice but to keep a close eye on her.

At that time, Aoyama will only have himself in his eyes.

Aoyama smiled confidently, "That will be my victory."

"It won't be that easy for you to win."

Inspired by Aoyama's fighting spirit, Kanzaki, unusually, chimed in. With Amikura's delighted agreement, Ichinose smiled and began dealing the cards.

With each player starting with more than ten cards, the battle wasn't intense at all.

For Ichinose and the other two couldn't understand why Aoyama was playing his cards so quickly, and he could often draw cards from Kanzaki's hand that could form pairs.

"Kanzaki, give it your all!"

Seeing that the three of them still had seven or eight cards left, while Aoyama only had two, Amikura pouted.

At the same time, Ichinose was also feeling a little dissatisfied.

Why did Aoyama barely look at her? And as the game progressed, he became increasingly decisive in drawing cards from her hand, without any concern that he would draw the Joker.

Keep a close eye on me.

With a slight grumbling in her heart, Ichinose quickly drew a card from Amikura hand, and as she expected, it wasn't a joker.

Since the start of the game, she felt that Amikura had never had a joker in his hand.

"That card is indeed the Joker, Kanzaki."

When it was Kanzaki's turn to draw a card, Aoyama smiled mischievously, then shrank the Joker card, which had been protruding from his hand at the start of the game, back onto the deck and performed a one-handed shuffle.

In order to increase the number of times he could draw cards in a short period of time, he deliberately kept the joker card in his hand after being dealt the cards.

With each draw, he gradually discovered what cards everyone held. Now, if Kanzaki drew the Joker, he could get a card from Ichinose that could form a pair with the cards in his hand.

"As long as you draw the Joker, I can play all my cards." As he spoke, Aoyama's gaze seemed to casually glance at the leftmost card in his hand.

Kanzaki stared intently at Aoyama, his fingers gripping the card Aoyama had just glanced at. "The more someone tries to hide something, the more they'll be seen."

"But you must be lying to me!"

His fingers instantly switched to another card and pulled it out forcefully. Kanzaki confidently looked at the cards in his hand, then his face instantly fell.

He felt like he'd been dealt the Joker, a bit of a clown.

"Hehe, I'm a famously honest young man, why would I lie to you?" Grinning, Aoyama turned his gaze to Ichinose.

How could Kanzaki, a Kanzaki, possibly be his match?

Next, all he needs to do is draw the Ace of Hearts that Ichinose got from Amikura in the Ichinose round, and he can pair it with the Ace of Diamonds in his hand.

"Aoyama -kun has a great memory, but winning won't be that easy." Ichinose's eyes curved into crescents. "Even Aoyama -kun wouldn't know which card is the Ace of Hearts, would he?"

After hiding all her cards behind her back, Ichinose took a while to pull them out from behind her back.

With Aoyama's hint so obvious, she quickly realized that Aoyama knew she had drawn the Ace of Hearts from the Amikura, which could form a pair with the drawn card. In other words, Aoyama had memorized their hand.

Amikura looked at Aoyama in surprise, "Ah, you can remember all of this? Are you even human?"

"It's just that my memory is slightly better, but it's fine if you call me a god. I'm going to become a god of war in the future." A look of longing appeared on Aoyama's face.

Based on the actual combat performance of a certain undefeated expert with 400 matches, obtaining the title of Martial God in modern society would be too easy.

He could break a stone pillar that would take two people to encircle with their arms with his bare hands.

This is what a true man should do.

"Yes, yes, Aoyama, it's your turn." Ichinose held out her hand to Aoyama, looking at him with gentle eyes.